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Hawaiian Revolution.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 9.-The steam
ship Marpilo, which arrived from Australia
this morning, having touched at the Haw-
allan Island, brings important information.
The expected revolution in the Hawaiian
kingdom has actually occurred. The palace
organized and demanded the downfall OF
the ministry and the abdication of the king
with the result the Gibson ministry has
fallen and the cabinet named by the peo-
pie headed by VIM. Green has been APP
pointed. King Kalakua is permitted tore
main although Invested Of all present
power.
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Swedes Go Back to Work.

DAWSON, PA, July 9.-The first direct
result of the Amalgamated Association,
which was held yesterday occurred at
noon to-day. The men at the Jimtown
works have given notification that they are
ready to go back to work at the old rate
of wages The Swedes all marched to the
works and inquired for Superintendent
Rosser. They informed him that they
were ready for work, and they were told to
report on Monday morning. The complete
resumption at these works viii give two
hundred men employment.
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A Ssu National Assembly.

PTrTsBURG, July 9.-Fifty delegates
representing nearly all the POtters in the
United States, met at East Liverpool,
Ohio, YESTERDAY, and formed National
Trades Assembly of the X. of l.. j. n.
O'Neil, OF East Liverpool, was elected
District Master Workman. An application
was msie to General Master Workman
Powderly for charter. The membership
of the National Assembly will run up into
the thousands, but just how many cannot
be stated.
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IJnIoa Printers Strike.

INDIANAPOLIS, July 9.-The Jo"ndl
and iSenttael proprietors have been quietly
arranging to fill their offices with non
union men tomorrow, but the.employes OF
the SsRtiRl obtained news of the project
and Immediately sent committee TO ca
certain the truth of the report. The own
ers Of both papers said they intended to
withdraw from the union, and the COM
positions laid down their sticks at mid
night and LEFT the Office. Neither of the
papers appeared this morning.
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GERMAN NEWS.
German Press Opinions On the Attitude OF

German Press Opinions On the Attitude OF
France.
[CoppiqNtei 1857 blythe Neir York As ocIdted freSs
BERLIN, July 9.-If the temper Of the
German press were faithful reflection OF
the disposition of the Government, war
with France would be n question oil
few days. The revelations at the
Klein trial, the French tax on
foreigners, which is openly designed
to affect Germans, and the
prohibition impests on German
spirits have the combined effect Of
incensing the people to the utmost The
latter measures By themselves have been
held of less account, but associated with
the spy trials, they have heightened the
general sense that French enmity is impla-
cable. and that it seeks to wound the Ger
mans where it can, waitinga chance to in
fiiet the deadliest injury.
The trial of Klein was the fifth treason
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The "parnellIsm and Crimes" Articles.

LONDON, July 9.-An anonymous letter
published in to-day's Times calls the at
tention of that paper to what the writer
declares to be the fact that its articles on
"Parnellism and Crime" have seriously
perturbed the Parnellites and their allies
in America, particularly the Irish World.
The writer says the issue of the Irish World
of June 18th shows that Patrick Ford's
London correspondent, Transatlantic, :"
has skunk away, owing to the imminence
of coercion
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PETROLEUM.
New York.

NEW YORK, July o. - Petroleum
Dull but strong; opened mt GOic; highest
60lc; lowest cole; closed nj G0ic; sales
ls0, 900 barrels.
TitussIile.
TITUsvILLK, July .. - Petroleum
Opened ut G0sc; highest 60.c; lowest 60 c;
closed at 8Oic.
~ ittsburkh.
PITrsRuRa, July . Petroleum - Dull
and heavy; opened Mt G0sc; closed al 6Dtc;
highest colo; lowest cole
Brndford.
BRADFORD, July .. - Petroleum
Opened at GOsc; highest colo; lowest 60lc;
closed at G0ic; clearances 39s, 900 barrels.
oil City.
Or. CITY, July 9.-Petroleum - Opened
at 6Osc; highest 6Ol C; lowest sole; closet nj
60ic; sales MI, 900 barrels; clearanncs Gs6,-
900 barrels charters 1862 barrels; ship
ments 40, 215 barrels; runs 81, so barrels.
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Strike Declared OF.

CHICAGO, July AT meeting this
afternoon the master masons, as expected,
formally ratified the result of the arbitra-
ton of their differences with the brick
layers. 1t is expected that work in the
building trades will be resumed quite gem
orally on Monday, the day set by the
arbitrators
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Murderer on Trial.

PARIS, July 9.-Pranzini, murderer Of
Nine. Regnault, her maid and the latters
child, was placed on trial to-day. The
prisoner denied his guilt. The Court
room was crowded. Pranzini, the prison.
er's demeanor, was calm and collected.
He conducted his defense himself in an
able manner.
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The Irrepressible Revolver.
inl Eienal, 10 De Reais.sr.

PARKERSCURG, July "a young man
named Lyons, near Morris, Writ county,
accidentally discharged n revolver, sending
a bullet through the head of a friend named
James Bennett, inflicting and ugly and
possibly fatally wound,
A heavy soaking rain fell last night, an
other tonight is badly needed.
In the U. S. Court to-day John Waugh,
of Gilmer county, was found guilty of
violating revenue laws; and Joseph RAM
say, OF Richie county was acquitted.
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FINANCE AND TRADE.

Money 4s4 lie Per Ccnt-aovernmrnts
Dull and steady-stocks Duli-Fiour
Quiet and Unchsnged-wheat Easier.
NEW YORK, July 9.-Money on call
easy ut 4a41 per cent, last loan at per
cent. closed offered at 6per cent. Prime
mercantile paper 5a5l per cent. Sterling
exchange dull but steady and unchanged.
GoyRRNMENTs-Dull and steady.
Fours Coupons T.
Fours and a.
Pacific Skies Of 1895
STATEs-Dull and steady.
RAILRoADs-Uuusual dull.
SToCKs-The market to-day in conse-
quence of withdrawal Of majority Of bro
kers from the street for the day, and the
fact that to-day is holiday in London,
was the dullest which has been seen fol
many weeks. The opening was heavy Mt
declines extending to . per cent, though
Missouri Pacific was ma. ked exception at
an advance of per cent Further slight
declines were made in the early dealings,
while Lackawanna was conspicuously
weak. A full recovery followed in the
general list and, although considerable
heaviness was afterwards displayed in the
last half hour, more decidedly firm tone
was developed, land the close, though dull,
was firm Mt about the best figures reached.
Almost the entire active list is higher ut
advances, ranging up to per cent, Man
haitian is off per cent. Sales "a, $50 shares.
Adams Express IA; American Express
40; Canada Pacific 500; Central Pacific
80; Chesapeake and Ohio Z; do preferred
firsts II; do seconds s; Chicago and Alton,
$50; do preferred 100; Chicago, burlington
and Quincy li3l; Delaware and Hudson
1911 Delaware, Lackawanna and Western,
1919; Denver and Rio Grande, 2st Erie
3Og; do preferred SO; Fl Wayne, $50;
Illinois Central, l22; Lake Shore, s6!
Michigan Central 81; Minneapolis and
st. Louis, 10; do preferred, 81; Missouri
Pacific, 1O2s; Northern Pacific, "a; do
preferred, col; Chicago and Northwestern,
III; do preferred AN; New York Cen
tral. 1883; Oregon Transcontinental, S3
Pacific Mail, A; Panama, -; Peoria, d. Il
Z. 81; Pittsburg, 1853; Pullman Palace
Car l47; Reading, sol; Rock Island, 10;
St. Louis and San Francisco, %; do pre-
terred, 75i; first preferred, 1l6; st. Paul,
Minneapolis and Minnesota 1885, ST. Paul
and Omaha, so; do preferred III;
Texas Pacific, 2s3; Union Pacific, 56B
United States Express 80; Western Union
Telegraph 76!.
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Schnaebeles Is Promoted.

PARIS, July 9.-M. Schnaebeles, the ar
rest of whom by German police came very
near being a cdSHS beH between France
and Germany, has been appointed to a
higher position at Leon. He wanted TO
be again placed on the frontier, but this
the Government refused to do.
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July 37ta3sic; August 34.a34sc; Septem-
mber 3SIa3ilc. Other articles unchanged.
Cipcinnnu.
CINCINNATI, July COTTON Quiet:
Flour-Easier. Wheat-Firm; No. = red
74lc; receipts 1000 bushels; shipments
1000 bushels Corn-Strong; No = mixed
4Ola4lc. Oats-Stropg; No. ? mixed BOT
a30ic. Rye-Quiet; No. . 6oc. Pork
Easy at SIS Oh. Lard-Firm at s. %. Bulk
Meats and Bacon-Firm and unchanged.
Whisky-Steady; sales Of 80 barrels OF
finished goods on basis OF 81 u. Butter,
Sugar and Cheese-Steady. Eggs-Easy
at l0c.
Toledo.
TOLEDO, O.. July 9. Wheat-Firm
and higher; No. >. Wabash Isle; new
ISL; July 77sc; August isle; September
7sIc; December safe. Corn-Steady and
firm; No. ., SIZE. Oats-Steady; cash e9c.
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yioIst.s Husband withdtaws His Charges,

LONDON, July 9.-Dayid DE Bensaude,
husband of Violet Cameron, the burlesque
actress, has humbly withdrawn the charges
he made against Lord Lonsdale, and the
suit for divorce based on the charges. Mis-
Cameron has also withdrawn her counter
petition for divorce. Both cases have ac-
cordingly been dismissed.
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sunday.

sunday.
Leave at TOO a. N. and run every hour until
go p. IN.
Leave Wheeling Park at 500 a. m, and run
every hour until 1000 p. M, except Church
Trains, which will leave the Park at 9:i5 a. m.
aud Wheeling al IBIS p. IN.
G.. HIRSCH,
Superintendent
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Mexican War Veteran.

The wonderful efficacy o. SsiftS Specific as a
r-..., and eur, for rheumatism anil I'll blood dis
ss., has newer lI IA, r, C urptcuous illustration
.... 1uGs,rl aaor,i, The raisGiI. unsolicited and
,....r.. testimony g..cn b. tue venerable gentle
r... ..-. Doe @rec:trd as convincing and conelusvo
Ia-~a.r- :. a. rr.a..u citizen % Mississippi Tho
. .. ..n ,Auu. :,r. sIor;in refers, alj to whom
. .a!.at.. TX to ..dvIco to witch he owes his
.....g s.ar .-r. of suffering. Is Dir. King. for
... t..,-.;.a 5..,,.s ui;; clerk OF the Lawrence
81 ... J.sA-.r.
JArESuy, Hiss. April .. lsSI.
... ..u~ .r..jfrr COMPANY, Atlanta, Ga:
.. .....a-I f...vr hrcp IN Invalid peusioner for
'.. g.a-. Ia,i..: contracted pulmonary and other
...... Be-. tie F.A..au Wuz but not till the ist OF
". .. ...,,t feel any symptoms otrheumatiSm-
r-..4....g ,.a. s4HGyuly stricken with that dis
,,. iu 'a.;h I..., and auEI. =. For twenty days
v..-. w.,,rusrhgs. chen uo pain was less violent.
..'l -ult,i fgan. J"igl to joint. Fog weeks would
..n.r- T.. i.!I newer lyit uts q uoinsnt hSr
... wines. 4 va. .ra. atJ-lrhsd. To- october l, lssc
r...,. u..eu--d v.rlEs these eleven years OF an
tn,. .Tu ,r.ri snrr,eTa9lh USED lois
r.rr.H IN fasgG.. LEI X ever rN'tlstd Ine lees'
hI.l- TROY" Huv 'sdctnc iSeu intsThaily -, e. ~
81
ir.ar Sd tIt rGr. arrange MS " - W VIC
E.ts. ria- or ''s-gss. having dcspalIeI OF SSelS
...,- -.rr.Gy non IprryiCltIliy met an Old &c
.....,,.r.. 1f- Er..-. anev us IN. Lawrence House
..a.. -. g.. 49,, ,rc, le,a q great sufferer from
sr...fs.t-r.. r.t.r a.. ? supposed, had been cured
B.. r,s.s l, Er..- springs. B'tt when met him no
tiIur trr , ,g- t,' Ilg Hot SprisEs MAS IN vain
I..ud r t.l..f p:t u.E scturn 'nrl hnt Sprlhgs
O.. beard fr dr. tr~' tr'Eu, o.! the = - - as Icinsiy
gt.uru'i,us D. ''i'i ~ aud Sax bottles IaaIs .
r..ult.r rr,rt .tt.I cas- have passed SINCE Out
O.. ul. hal ~ rr;tfr Dith. l>srl>C. - ,-, ,
Iin,mDirately rrturrrd tntr, tt IN september s,
"a Itlr hrtgl-af gt.I - t"C hrs' OF totoocF NS
euI as ftr a. tu.' .rIuGltsft wss ConcSEhtu al
lam lad disal pturci and HAVE SOr FELr rWlSoE
o. " SINCE- .-.-..-.. - -.
ErlyC no iutoryS- Ga making this statement other
t tla IDls that ir NAY direct some other sufferer
Co sure SQUIRE, OF rclSf ,gj u % ha3 this result
an we'll rewarded FOR my trunOic. | am very re-
oyectfIily and truly yUar friend - =, 49,,
Fur sale bv all druggists Treatise ON Rood and
SKIN diseases mailed free
The SWIFT SPECIFIC Co
Drawer Sc Atlanta. Ca
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y. 4 &C. RAILROAD.

Bellaire aud GAINESVILLE through passenger train
leaves Belaire at $40 ~, arrives at Bellaire a.
$50 y. m.
MOOdSfeld passenger train leaves Bellaire at
40 p. IN, arrives at Bellaire AT so a. M.
Summertield Accommodation leaves Bellair at
loo D. M, arrives NJ Bellaire at 1915 u. IN.
All trains daily except sunday. Central Stand
Arl Time from Bellaire
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PhIladeiphis.

PHILADELPHIA, July 8. -Flour-WeAk.
wheat-Opened shade easier. bat closed
steady; No. 2 red July siias4le; August
sa,asilc C; September "a lasiic; October s5s
as6c. Corn-Spot firm; futures dull; No
2 mixed July 45a46c; August 45ai6c; Sep
TENDER iGa47c; October 47a4Sc. Oats
Spot steady and in fair demand; No. 3
white 35a:S7e; No. 2 white 3sa3Slc; No. ]
white 3slc; futures quiet; No. 2 white
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Run an . Safe Bank.

NEWARK, N. j., July 9.--Rumors which
could not be traced caused run on the
Howard Savings Institution yesterday, but
money was paid out so rapidly and with
such indifference that confidence was re-
stored in a short time. This bank has
500, 900 on deposits and S., 600, 600 held
in Government bonds. President Freder-
lex Frelinghrysen aud the managers are
among the wealthiest citizens Of Newark.
The bank weathered q great run before
when other savings banks in Newark went
under.
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DRY GOODS.
HaH York.

NEW YORK, July 9.--Dry Goods
There was bat a little request, n usual 10
holiday, but the movement was Of un-
usual fulness Stocks were light and prices
very steady.
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Dbeelins Register
Grauelers' 6uids.

A RRIvAL AND DEPARTURE OF TRAINS
4AExPLANArIoNo OF RxTERRNcE MARKS: sDaily.
fscnday excepted. MONDAY excepted rs
Meridian. May -, 1887. Wheeling time, which
Is just one hour earlier than Central Time:
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Base Ball.

At New York:-New York 5. Detroit 8.
At Observation-Disclosures 2; Nets 0.
Observation-Disclosures 6; Brooklyn 3,
At Washington 3; Indian
apolis Z.
AtPtiladelphia: Philapelphia 8; Chi
cago 5.
At Bostop:-Boston II; Pittsburgh.
AtSt Louis:-St' Louis .; Baltimore B.
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PRODUCE.
New York.

NEW YORK, July -Wheat-Receipts
AGA, 300 bushels; exports 3i9, 9il bushels;
sales ,976, 600 bushels futures, and $780,
600 spot; spot lots firm; options heavy,
closed steady; No. = Chicago s3as3ic; No.
; red Sic; ungraded red 81 ias9ic; No.
. red July s6iaS6!c, closing at s68c;
August s4!c; September S5sc, closing at
S5sc; October S6saS6!c, closing at sole;
November sslc; December S9las9!c, clos
ny at Sole; May 95a95 c, closing at 95!c.
Corn-Receipts 100, $50 bushels; exports
1871 bushels; sales 72S, 900 bushels fut-
ures and 22l 200 bushels spot; spot lots
Ja2c and options saSc lower, closing steady (;
upgraded 4ia45lc; No. = July 43lai4c,
closing at 44c; August 45la45sc, closing
at 45Jc; September 46sa47c, closing AT
46Ec; October 47la473c, closing at 47!c.
Oats-Receipts 1900 bushels; exports
|, lOl bushels; sales Il, 900 bushels futures;
$4,000 bushels spot; market steady and
quiet; mixed western 33a3Gc; white do
:Ssa43c. Hay-Steady and demand light
Hops-Quiet and firm; California l0aG'c.
COffee--Sales also bags; spot fair; Rio
quiet at Isle; options dull but heavy and
lower; July l6.40al6. 55c; August 1855
a16. zoe; September 1G.SOal6 96c; October
lG. 9Oal7. DOC; November l6.95al 0Oc; De-
cember 170Oal7. lOc; January l7lOc;
March 17.05c. Sugar-Quiet and I'M
changed. Molasses-Dull and nominal.
Rce-Steady. Petroleum-Firm; United
GOIc. Tallow-Steady and quiet. Resin
Dull at 81 DIAL 10. Turpentine-Quiet at
3SIa3SIc. Pork-Dull and unchanged.
Cut Meats-Firmer; picked bellies sia
SAC Lard--A trine higher hut very quiet;
western steam spot 50 80; August 80 10
November So SO; December So IS; Sep
tember 50 81; October 81 90; city steam
s. 40. Butter-Quiet and moderately
steady; western 1Oal9!c; western cream
cry l5al9c Cheese-Quiet and easy.
Eggs--Receipts 2,627 packages; market
steady and demand light; western fresh
12!al4ic. Copper-Firm. Lead-steadyi
common 4la4sc. Tin-Firm.
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Chicago.

CHICAGO, July 9.-The wheat market
opened little easier at 72ic for August,
and during the first hour was very dull,
scarcely any trading being done, finally
closing in the afternoon at TIC. Corn
steady. Oats dull. Provisions steady.
Flour-Quiet and unchanged. Wheat
Cash No. 2 spring 7la7lic; No. spring
73c; No. 9 red 74c; July 7Osa7l Ic, closing
at 7lic; August 72sa73c, closing ut 73c;
September 74sa75c, closing at f5c; October
75sa76Ic, closing at 76ic. Corn-No. 2
35sc; July 35sa35ic, closing at 35!c;
August 36a364c, closing at 31sc; September
36!a37.c, closing at sic; October cola
3OIc, closing at 30ic. Oats--Cash No. 2
25la25!c; July oslo; August o5sa2Glr,
closing at 25Lc; September 28la26lc, clos
ing at 2G!c. Rye-Cash No. 2 49c. Bar
ley No. 9 nominal. Flax Seed-No. I
at 81 12a1 12l. Timothy seed-Prime
81 20a2 %. Meas Pork-Cash 81 50a
Is %, Lard-Cash 30 47lc; July 81 40a
6 Az, closing at 80 Az; August 81 Asa
6 521, closing at 81 52l; September So 55a
6 81, October So 67la6 72l, closing at
s. ri. Pork-Sbort ribs 81 62ls7 IS;
shoulders s. 7Oa5 80; short clear ~ 50.
Whisky-At 81 10. Rutter-Firm; cream
cry l5al9c; dairy 12laI5c.
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AND ELM GROVE R. R.

e On and after Monday, May 2, 1887, Trainso on the
and Kim Grove K. r., will run rs fol-
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-12-09
A VALUABLE MEDICAL TREATISE

The edition for 1888 of the sterling Medical
Annual known as Hostetter's Almanac, Is now
ready, and may be obtained. free OF cost, of
druggists and general country dealers In ali
parts OF the United States. Mexico, and indeed
In every civilized portion of the Western Hem
lsrly at the commencement OF every year for
over one-fifth of century. II combines, with
the sound. 81 practical advice for the preserv =
tion and restoration of health. large amount
the calendar. astronomical calculations, cbro-
nologicsl items. etc.. ere prepared with great
care and will be found entirely accurate. The
issue OF Hostetter's Almanac for 1888 will prob
ably be the largest edition Of a medical work
ever published in any country. The proprie-
tors, Messrs Hcstetter & Co., Pittsburgh Pa,
On receipt OF atwo cent stamp, will forward
copy by mail to any person who cannot pro-
cure one in his neighborhood.
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FOREIGN GOSSIP.

The census of 1881 gave Canada
1872 $40 people.
OF the 80. 700, 900 women and girls
under British rule in India, 80 800, 900
can not read or write ut all, and many
Of the other 200 900 can bare'y do
either. Boston Budget
Statistics show that in Germany
$3.50 per cent. of the women are
blonde, II 05 brunette and 81 10 mixed.
Colonel Wright has never ventured
upon this feature of statistical informa-
tor.
S ilt-walking has become a popu-
lar sport in England, and has its
champion. who reached London the
other day. having walked from Dun
lee, nearly five hundred miles. on
stills. in twenty eight and one-half
lays.
Sheffield. Eng. has just come into
possession of completed art gal cry
well supplied with obj cts, the gift OF
brewer who left Els 900 to build the
gallery, with his own collection OF
paintings, valued at ESQ 600
When native of China is bitten
by mad dog, and symptoms OF hydro
phobia present themselves, the poor
fellow is. according to custom in such
cases, chained up by his hands and
feet till death puts an end to his suf-
ferngs.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-12-09

There are two things which man
is bound to take on faith--his wife 5
private opinion of him and what sau-
sagss are made Of
a citizen of Cincinnati thought
that he had sure fortune in q kitten
which had five heads, five tails, ten
fore legs, and FIVE hind legs. He also
thought that it ought to have about
forty-five lives and was good for many
years, but after brief career of fifteen
days the little monstrosity died, the re-
suit of too much handling by the GU
rious.
One of the queerest facts in nat
ural history has been discovered by
Rev. j. j. Lafferty. of Richmond. who
gives it to the world in his religious
journal rs follows: when a sparrow
hawk pounces on guinea, he let's the
guinea fly. but the hawk, sitting on the
back of the fowl. uses his own tail TO
guide the guinea. He always steers
his victim to his nest in the forest"
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-12-09
An Eccentric Colored Man.

A man of comical characters les is
Owen Davis, the colored janitor aud
sp cial policeman of the Minnesota
capitol. In early life he hoed de cot
ton and de cane" later served three
years in tn, Union army, and then en-
listed as roustabout on Mississippi
steamboat. 1t was on the river where
he received his education, and, among
other sciences, the art of nose-smash-
ing was not neglected. His interpreta-
ton of the moral law prohibits even
the appearance of fighting, or boxing,
unless it is necessary. His supersti-
tions are his pets. and l do not believe
he would thank a person to convince
him that they are myth. When ht
hunts in the basement for cat or 8
rat he spits three times to insure him
self against attack. and he believe,
nothing more sincerely than that the
ghost of the little boy who was killed
during the construction of the capitol
haunts the dome every night. He
claims to hear a racket up there every
time he goes near the building a
night. aud nothing earthly could in
duce him to climb the stairs after dark
He is devoted member of the eolored
Baptist Church of this city. and is
tiguratively, the foundation. walls anC
roof of that society. st. Paul Pioneer
Press.
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Flat Chests in Society.

Every woman will of course deny
that she laces. A very eminent lady
specialist of New York said. however,
few weeks since that You could not
lay the weight OF your finger on an ex-
posed vein without limiting its natural
flow of blood. She also said that she
had not had a female patient for many
months who had drawn full breath
one which expanded her lungs to their
full capacity-for Il year, The doctors
and druggists could, if they chose, tell
story concerning American women
which would to the intelligent ear be
startling. They say that a perfectly
sound girl of twenty is uncommon in
society. The female aristocracy in one
section of the land have decreed flat
chests to be the proper thing, because
many of them, through relaxed muscles
and diminished strength, were poverty
stricken in curving lines of beauty.
They had fine working majority with
which to pass the fashionable law.
Those flat chests were simply the
natural result of generation or so OF
dressing and living on the fashionable
American plau.-N L. 1imcS.